Body image as a global mental health concern
Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health, 2023 Body image concerns related to weight or other dimensions of appearance are now prevalent on a global scale. This paper reviews the theoretical frameworks that account for the global similarities and regional differences in rates and presentation of body
Rachel F. Rodgers +3 more
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Predictors of Stature Concerns among Young Chinese Women and Men
Frontiers in Psychology, 2017 Stature concerns are a prominent source of body dissatisfaction for Chinese teenagers and young adults, yet little is known about the psychological factors that account for it.
Qingqing Sun
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JMIR Formative Research, 2022 BackgroundMobile apps may offer a valuable platform for delivering evidence-based psychological interventions for individuals with atypical appearances, or visible differences, who experience psychosocial appearance concerns such ...
Fabio Zucchelli +5 more
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“Why don’t I look like her?” How adolescent girls view social media and its connection to body image
BMC Women's Health, 2022 Background Adolescent girls appear more vulnerable to experiencing mental health difficulties from social media use than boys. The presence of sexualized images online is thought to contribute, through increasing body dissatisfaction among adolescent ...
Alana Papageorgiou +2 more
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Training Health Professionals to Support Patients with Appearance-Affecting Conditions
European Journal of Health Communication (EJHC), 2023 Multidisciplinary health professionals (HPs) are involved in supporting patients who have conditions that affect their appearance. With appearance-associated distress common in this group, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) and enhanced ...
Fabio Zucchelli +12 more
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"It's a comparison thing, isn't it?" : lesbian and bisexual women's accounts of how partner relationships shape their feelings about their body and appearance [PDF]
, 2011 Women's feelings about their body and their appearance are an important aspect of their lives, yet little is known about the ways in which partner relationships shape these feelings.
Victoria Clarke +5 more
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Can appearance conversations explain differences between gay and heterosexual men's body dissatisfaction? [PDF]
, 2014 Men's body dissatisfaction is prevalent and a serious health concern as it is associated with negative outcomes including depression, disordered eating, and anabolic steroid abuse.
Halliwell, E +5 more
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Physical appearance perfectionism explains variance in eating disorder symptoms above general perfectionism [PDF]
, 2015 Physical appearance perfectionism is a domain-specific form of perfectionism comprising two components: hope for perfection and worry about imperfection (Yang & Stoeber, 2012).
Stoeber, Joachim, Yang, Hongfei
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Appearance concerns, psychosocial outcomes, and the feasibility of implementing an online intervention for adolescents receiving outpatient burn care [PDF]
, 2021 The current study assessed the prevalence of appearance concerns, psychosocial difficulty, and use of an appearance-focused social and psychological support resource (Young Person's Face IT; YPF) within a population of teens (12-17 year-olds) receiving ...
Kogosov, Ann +15 more
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Social Media + Society, 2018 The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between Facebook use, appearance comparison with peers, and body image concerns among young Korean women.
Ji Won Kim
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